Entry #3 How to Cite Sources

There are several ways to cite a source (MLA, Turabian, Chicago). 
Here you have APA Citation Style

Author(s). (Date). Title of Book/ "Title of Article"/ Title of Periodical/ Volume. Pages. Place of Publication. Publisher.

Journal or Magazine Article

Wilcox, R. V. (1991). "Shifting roles and synthetic women in Star Trek: The Next Generation". Studies in Popular Culture, 13(2), 53-65.

Journal or Magazine Article

Dubeck, L. (1990). "Science fiction aids science teaching." Physics Teacher, 28, 316-318.

Newspaper Article

Di Rado, A. (1995, March 15). "Trekking through college: Classes explore modern society using the world of Star Trek." Los Angeles Times, p. A3.

Article from an Internet Database

Mershon, D. H. (1998, November-December). "Star Trek on the brain: Alien minds, human minds." American Scientist, 86, 585. Retrieved July 29, 1999, from Expanded Academic ASAP database.

Book

Okuda, M., &; Okuda, D. (1993). Star Trek Chronology: The History of the Future. New York: Book Pocket Books

Article or Chapter

James, N. E. (1988). "Two Sides of Paradise: The Eden Myth according to Kirk and Spock," in D. Palumbo (Ed.), Spectrum of the fantastic (pp. 219-223). Westport, CT: Greenwood.

Encyclopedia Article

Sturgeon, T. (1995). Science fiction, in The Encyclopedia Americana (Vol. 24, pp. 390-392). Danbury, CT: Grolier.

Website

Lynch, T. (1996). DS9 trials and tribble-ations review. Retrieved  from Psi Phi: Bradley's Science Fiction Club. Last visited: May 15th, 2020. Available at: http://www.bradley.edu/campusorg/psiphi/DS9/ep/ 503r.html

Notes

• Arrange the items on your reference list alphabetically by author, interfiling books, articles, etc.
• Use only the initials of the authors' first (and middle) names.
• If no author is given, start with the title and then the date.
• Magazine articles: include the month (and day) as shown under Newspapers.
• Websites: if the date the page was created is not given, use (n.d.).
  
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My citations.

Book

Hicks, W. (2004). Love all the people. London: Constable

Marquis de Sade, D. A. (1964). Justine or the Misfortunes of Virtue. London: Corgi

Website

Smith, P. (2020). Touring Banga. Last visited: May 25th, 2020. Available at: https://www.pattismith.net/banga.html

Newspaper Article

Tobar, H. (2020, May 25). "Is the age of the road trip over forever?" The New York Times, p. 4.

Metacognitive analysis #3

Oftentimes, while we are writing, we feel tempted to cite, establishing intertextualities that can be either overt or covert. It is natural, and it has been like this from the beginning of times, when discourse was only oral. In a letter to Robert Hooke in 1675, Sir Isaac Newton wrote:  “If I have seen  further, it is by standing upon the shoulders of giants.” This beautifully humble quote shows that even the greatest ones had to lean on their predecessors to reach that far. It is a fact that culture evolves without ever dismissing the previous productions and thoughts. In culture, as in nature, everything is born from something preexistent. As stated in the bible, nihil novum sub sole ( nothing new under the sun).  The point is that it is perfectly fine to borrow someone else's words, as long as we acknowledge and credit the source.

Every scholar must be respectful towards the importance  of citing sources carefully, for it reflects not only honesty, but also all the research that has taken place. Proper citation is a good habit and a compulsory one, so we better get used to it sooner than later. It takes time, it tasks you, it can be a real pain. Still, we want to be honest and avoid misconducting. 

Above all,